Working with Databases in Linx
Working with databases in your Linx solutions is made easy with the Linx Database plugin. Linx supports almost any database, including ODBC databases, SQL Server, OLE, Oracle and MongoDB. In this article we will show you how to connect with your database using the Connection Editor and how to write…Read More
5 Ways Application Development Software Is Changing
Application development is an integral part of any growing business, however, traditional hand-coding is time-consuming and expensive. Fortunately, the latest advancements in programming can help you launch apps quickly. Artificial IntelligenceAs with any business, most IT experts consider AI as an intricate part of the future of software development. Contrary…Read More
Deprecate Web Plugin
Linx is deprecating the Web Plugin. Why are we doing this? When we initially released the Web plugin, it contained very limited functionality. Over time, additional functions and services were added, causing the plugin to grow significantly in size and scope. Splitting up the existing functionality into separate plugins will…Read More
Building an API? Consider Low-Code
APIs have been around for decades – they allow different systems to talk to each other in a seamless, fast fashion – yet it’s been […] The post Building an API? Consider Low-Code appeared first on Linx.Read More
28 tools to design, build and host your API
APIs can be as simple as 1 endpoint for use by 100s of users or as complex as the AWS APIs with 1000s of endpoints and 100s of thousands of users. Building them can mean spending a couple of hours using a low-code platform or months of work using a…Read More
Linx Plugins: The art of visual development
At the heart of any low-code development platform, you will find user-friendly features that enable developers to create applications without having to hand-code everything. The Linx plugins library Linx include various pre-packaged plugins that can easily be added to your solutions to perform a range of tasks, including: Programming tasks,…Read More
What exactly is the continuous delivery pipeline, and how is it useful?
Deploying builds quickly is an absolute must if you’re going to keep the customer happy, but not if that speed comes at the expense of accuracy or quality. This is where software development becomes a bit of a balancing act – and one that officially becomes tricker as the project…Read More
How to Build a REST API in low-code [a step-by-step guide]
REST APIs are pretty much everywhere. They are the standard method to expose databases to clients and knowing how to develop a REST API is a necessity at all layers of the stack.By using one of the many public APIs out there, you can expand the functionality of your application…Read More
Here’s what you need to know about continuous deployment
Deployment is the stage when all of your developer’s hard work goes live. And the longer you’ve worked on something, the more nervewracking deploying it can be.If there is an issue, all other development work will need to go on hold while your team untangles the problem, effectively halting progress.…Read More
How process automation works: a Linx perspective
A key part of digital transformation is process automation. Greater efficiencies in resources, time and cost can be achieved when business processes are automated. Do you want to automate your business processes with Linx, but you don’t know how it all works? How to build an automated process with Linx…Read More
How to Secure Your API With JSON Web Tokens
A simple way of adding authorisation to your Linx solutions See the sample JSON Web Tokens (JWT) have become somewhat of an industry-standard for securing REST API’s. The main advantage of JWT is that each token is self-contained, meaning that it contains all information needed to allow or deny any…Read More
Process flows: From input to output
Code is the backbone of most software programs and applications. Each line of code serves as an instruction—a logical, step-by-step mechanism for computers, servers, and other machines to perform an action. In computer programming, there are different levels of code. Computers understand binary code, which is a series of 0’s…Read More
Low-code is no myth for busy IT departments
Can a working business application be built in a day? Does the app work on desktop and mobile? How advanced are the features? Is there actually zero coding involved? Just some of the questions we get all the time from seasoned developers.There’s a lot of talk about low-code and their…Read More
Working with API’s… for low-code dummies (and how Linx can help you)
There are different ways to integrate one system or application with another. Using an API (Application Programming Interface) is one such way. This allows different systems to communicate with one another based upon a set of predefined rules and methods.A low-code development platform like Linx can lighten your load and…Read More
Automating Bulk Transfer of Mercurial Repos to Git
With Mercurial sunsetting support, it was time to move our repos. But how do you do this en masse? When we received the first communication about Bitbucket sunsetting Mercurial support, there was quite a lot of excitement around the office. All of our source code was stored as Mercurial repositories…Read More
Coding at a high level with low-code
How does low-code development fit into the bigger scheme of computer programming code? Code is the backbone of most software programs and applications. Each line […] The post Coding at a high level with low-code appeared first on Linx.Read More
The economics and benefits of a low code, agile IT department
In an IT department not so long ago, the main concern of an IT manager was the rate of resolution for helpdesk tickets. However, today’s IT department faces a variety of new challenges. As well as being able to efficiently meet the needs of users in a cost-effective way and…Read More
6 Tools for API design, development and testing
From design to deploy, these tools will have your API and microservices up and running in no time. With today’s businesses running a plethora of systems across diverse environments, taking advantage of the modern IT economy lies in an organisations ability to create value via their APIs and microservices. …Read More
Release Notes: Codenvy 5.11
We have improved the resource utilization of Codenvy by enabling string deduplication in the workspace agent. As a result, the memory used by workspace agent has been reduced, which improves workspace start time in some cases. String deduplication is a feature from Java 8 Update 20. Strings usually consume a…Read More